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754877 2009-03-09 05:38:00 My 4 port d-link router keeps disconnecting if we leave the computers on but unused for about 2-3 hours, it never used to do this so is it possibly on the way out?

What would be a good recommendation to replace it with want 4 ports, ADSL2 and none wireless our house is completely wired.

Just assigned a static IP to my print server but every time I reboot the router it gets a new IP from DHCP instead of looking up the reserved IP any clues?
Thanks
gary67 (56)
754878 2009-03-09 07:26:00 My my experience D-Link domestic equipment is not good quality! I recently threw a way a relatively new D-Link wireless access point due to great unreliability.

Usually you can't go wrong with either Netgear or Linksys.
johnd (85)
754879 2009-03-09 07:30:00 Have you tried upgrading the firmware?

And I'm with JohnD here, D-link isn't a very reliable brand...cheap though:p
Blam (54)
754880 2009-03-09 07:34:00 I'm using one :p

I havent killed it YET

Which model have you got Gary?

You did click on apply first right? Before you saved and rebooted it?
Speedy Gonzales (78)
754881 2009-03-09 07:45:00 HI Speedy yes I have but since everyone's on can't try it yet. Mines a 504T couple of years old.

It's on the latest firmware Blam already thought of that thanks though.
gary67 (56)
754882 2009-03-09 07:55:00 I have been using the NETCOMM NB6PLUS4W ADSL2+ 4 PRT W/LESS MODEM/ROUTER over the last year and a bit, put in about 15 odd - never had any complaints about any failures - all worked perfectly.

Average price around $145- $160.00 ( retail) depending on who sell s them - I get them wholesale to resell.

Other places have them - but these are the ones (www.elive.co.nz)

Edited: there is a little setting up to do - but easy really.
wainuitech (129)
754883 2009-03-09 07:57:00 Dlink wireless products are shocking, but I've found the rest of their range (apart from the old 302 routers) to be cheap & good. Greven (91)
754884 2009-03-09 08:10:00 I agree that D-Link consumer products are rubbish. There's nothing wrong with their higher end range, though. It's just that none of their ADSL 4-port router combo equipment falls into this category.

I myself wouldn't go past a Linksys, save for a Cisco (of which I have one for each connection... delicious).
Growly (6)
754885 2009-03-09 18:02:00 Thanks everyone who answered gary67 (56)
754886 2009-03-09 19:13:00 Hi gary67,

Try this as a decent replacement if you require WiFi:
qmb.co.nz

As mentioned, I wouldnt go near D-Link personally :(
Chilling_Silence (9)
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